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“But the three-day pattern--Friday's tragedy, Saturday's despair, Sunday's triumph-- became for Jesus' followers a pattern that can be applied to all our times of tribulation. Good Friday demonstrates that God is not indifferent to our pain; God, too, is personally "acquainted with grief." Holy Saturday hints that we may go through seasons of confusion and seeming defeat. And Easter Sunday shows that, in the end, suffering will not prevail.”
― Philip Yancey, Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions

“We often do not understand God's methods or the reasons behind them. The most important question, though, is whether God is a trustworthy "physician.”
― Philip Yancey, Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions

“All humankind has the same author, and populates the same volume. When one person dies, a chapter is not torn out of the book, but rather translated into a better language. God employs various translators--age, sickness, war, justice--and God's own hand guides every translation. That same hand will bind up all our scattered pages for an eternal library in which every book will lie open for inspection.”
― Philip Yancey, Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions

“..those who live with pain and failure tend to be better stewards of their life circumstances than those who live with success and pleasure. Pain redeemed impresses me more than pain removed.”
― Philip Yancey, Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions

“If for whatever reason I refuse to trust God, what, then, can I trust?”
― Philip Yancey, Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions

“If we want to know how God feels about people who are suffering--from poverty, oppression, cancer, or a pandemic--all we need to do is look at Jesus compassionate response. God is on their side.”
― Philip Yancey, Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions

“Heaven holds out a promise of a time, far longer and more substantial than this time on earth, of wholeness and justice and pleasure and peace.”
― Philip Yancey, Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions

“Evil infects all of life on this fallen planet; only through death--Christ's death and our own--can we realize a resurrected state that restores us, uniting body and soul.”
― Philip Yancey, Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions

“Though so disobedient a servant as I may be afraid to die, yet to so merciful the master as thou I cannot be afraid to come.”
― Philip Yancey, Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions

“We are God's tenants here and yet the landlord pays our rent-- imagine! God pays us, not yearly, not quarterly, but hourly. Every minute, God extends more mercy.”
― Philip Yancey, Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions

“Will God make a watch and leave out the spring? Will God infuse us with grace once, but not again? No, we're not abandoned. Though I may be a prodigal son, somehow God has chosen not to disown me. After distributing our portion of the inheritance and watching us squander it, God offers us still more.”
― Philip Yancey, Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions